Hyde v. Brush
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action on the case for the refusal of the defendant, as moderator of an electors’ meeting in the town of Greenwich, on the 8th day of November, 1864, to allow the plaintiff, a qualified elector, to voto; tried to the jury in the superior court on the general issue, before Granger, J. Upon the trial it was admitted that the name of the plaintiff was upon the perfected registry list of the town and upon that used at the polls; that upon the plaintiff’s offering to vote his…
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Action on the case for the refusal of the defendant, as moderator of an electors’ meeting in the town of Greenwich, on the 8th day of November, 1864, to allow the plaintiff, a qualified elector, to voto; tried to the jury in the superior court on the general issue, before Granger, J. Upon the trial it was admitted that the name of the plaintiff was upon the perfected registry list of the town and upon that used at the polls; that upon the plaintiff’s offering to vote his right to do so was challenged, aud lie was by the defendant referred to the selectmen and town clerk, and that he then…
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, C. J.
The defendant as moderator of the electors’ meeting in the town of Greenwich, in November, 1864, for the choice of Presidential Electors, refused to receive the plaintiff’s vote, although he was duly registered on the perfected list of the electors of the town. His vote being challenged, his right was referred to the selectmen and town clerk, who decided that lie had no right to vote, and thereupon his vote was refused. The superior court charged the jury, in substance, that the perfected registry list of electors was conclusive, and consequently the right of challenge on the day of election…
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